EXAMINING VERY-LONG-TERM VARIABILITY IN X-RAY BINARIES: ARE ULTRALUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES INTERMEDIATE MASS BLACK HOLES?
The very-long-term (weeks to years) timing properties of high mass X-ray bina- ries (HMXBs) featuring black holes, particularly the so-called ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs), could be linked to the coupled precession of their accretion disks and relativistic jets. These modulations arise in envir...
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VANDERBILT
2013
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12012013-065119/ |